Hello All,
Requesting your help in this matter. I had requested for a re-assessment of my MBA Degree from IMT Ghaziabad (passed in 2009, affiliation from Vidyasagar University), as IQAS did not consider it. In this request, I had sent the University approval letters provided by IMT academics to IQAS. However, it is not considered again and below is their response I got today.
Message from IQAS---------------
"We noticed that Vidyasagar University is mentioned on the final certificate, and we can also see from the additional information you provided that the University have issued a letter on 9thNovember 2004 to confirm the conversion of certain courses issued by Institute of Management Technology. Please note that the additional evidence provided is not sufficient to review our decision as they represent an institute’s opinion rather than a ruling decision from an education authority in India.
It has been our standard practice to consult with the University Grants Commission and/or Distance Education Bureau lists to verify institutions and those programs offered by distance study. Whilst we can see that the Institute of Management Technology had been given Institutional approval by the Distance Education Bureau to offer various programs through distance mode, I would like to clarify that the approval process is an extra level of quality assurance specific to distance education programs and does not confer on institutions any power to award degrees or credentials beyond their institutional mandate.
Based on the above evidence, the Institute of Management Technology/Centre for Distance Learning, Ghaziabad is not a degree-awarding institution, and therefore we are unable to evaluate degrees (including the Master’s in Business Administration) issued in its name."
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After receiving this, I emailed back to IMT academics and got the below message. Would this help if I send across to IQAS asking for re-assessment now?
Message from IMT-------------
"For your information, Vidyasagar University already listed in UGC approved list of 2005-2006 (under mentioned link url) and that time DEC not affiliated to any Institute, after 2006 onwards DEC approved to Institutes.
https://www.ugc.ac.in/oldpdf/pub/annualreport/annualreport_0506.pdf "
Your prompt response will be greatly helpful. Thanks